Just for reference, about less than 2/3rds of the 360's user base is in the US (thus eligible for the future). I only mention this so we don't get calls of "but there are 4 million copies out!" when a good chunk of that won't be in the US.
In a company update on Microsoft today, Goldman Sachs analysts Sarah Friar and Frederick Grieb predicted that Microsoft will have shipped a mighty 4.2 million copies of Halo 3 into the retail channel by the end of the month. That's a big-enough launch shipment for more than a third of the Xbox 360's 11.6 million global user base to pick up a copy.
The first quarter of Microsoft's fiscal year ends just five days after Halo 3's launch, and Friar and Grieb said the game will contribute about $170 million in revenue to the company's entertainment and devices division, which would push it into "slight profitability" for the quarter. If that happens, it would be the first profitable quarter for Microsoft's gaming segment since it launched the original Xbox.
There is an Halo 3 Review done by a fan, which got his hand of an Argos copy.
It is really simple, and I can't find a spoiler in it, but to be sure, those who doesn't want to get spoiled don't follow the link. He gave the game a 9/10.
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